Dodgers To Select Caleb Ferguson

The Dodgers are set to select the contract of left-handed pitching prospect Caleb Ferguson, as J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group tweets. The news first got out, it seems, when Ferguson’s mother announced it on Facebook (though Hoornsta notes that he’s confirmed the promotion himself as well). The Dodgers have a full 40-man roster, so they’ll need to make a corresponding move to add him to the roster.

Ferguson, 21, entered the season ranked 15th among Dodgers farmhands, per Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis of MLB.com. Tommy John surgery in high school caused him to drop to the 38th round of the draft, but he’s steadily risen through the Dodgers’ minor league ranks as he’s mended and rebuilt his arm strength. After dominating Double-A opponents with a 1.38 ERA, 40 strikeouts and 10 walks through 39 innings, Ferguson was moved up to Triple-A for a brief eight-inning stint before now ascending to the game’s highest level.

The addition of Ferguson will give Los Angeles an option to start on Wednesday this week. The Dodgers currently have an entire rotation’s worth of talent on the DL (and a very good rotation, at that) with Clayton Kershaw, Kenta Maeda, Rich Hill, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Julio Urias all on the shelf at at the moment. As such, if Ferguson is indeed called upon to start, he’ll step into the rotation alongside Alex Wood, Ross Stripling and fellow rookies Walker Buehler and Dennis Santana. It could be a simple spot start regardless, as the Dodgers have a pair of off-days next week that’ll allow them to skip the fifth spot in the rotation.

Dude Giants are gonna sink again. They should of built up their farm this year and last year instead of investing in downhill veterans like Longo and Cutch. Plus dumping salary killers like Cueto would be wise too.

Turner is back from a broken wrist and is just now seeing live pitching. Can’t expect bombs every pitch but since he’s been back the Dodger bats have come back to life. Kemp is back to MVP performance and the Kids are pitching better than the Veterans. Can’t complain about that man. Even without Kersh, our future is looking bright.

With all the injuries to the rotation, this is giving the Dodgers a chance to bring up their young talent & see what they’ve got. They have a top 10 farm system. This also works if they want to showcase some prospects if they feel the need to make an acquisition at the trade deadline imo.